ArmA: "A required security module cannot be activated. This program cannot execute (5024)".

[Homer J. Simpson]

Anybody ever got the message in the subject line when trying to launch the
game?

A link in the message then points to
http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=module&c=5024, which tries to blame "a
Process Explorer" and it has to be shut down...

I do have Sysinternals' Process Explorer on my system (I'm not sure whether
that's what the page means by "a" process explorer), but it's not currently
running.

Goddamned copy protection doesn't provide *me*, a legitimate buyer, any
benefit. Who are these guys to tell me what I can or cannot run at the same
time as I run the game--assuming that was actually the problem?

[Homer J. Simpson]

Nobody, huh?

My only recourse so far has been to reboot my machine whenever I get
this--can't say I've noticed anything special I've been doing to actually
trigger it though.

Logging off/back in doesn't take care of it.

[Shawn P.]

Homer J. Simpson wrote:
> Anybody ever got the message in the subject line when trying to launch the
> game?
>
> A link in the message then points to
> http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=module&c=5024, which tries to blame "a
> Process Explorer" and it has to be shut down...
>
> I do have Sysinternals' Process Explorer on my system (I'm not sure whether
> that's what the page means by "a" process explorer), but it's not currently
> running.
>
> Goddamned copy protection doesn't provide *me*, a legitimate buyer, any
> benefit. Who are these guys to tell me what I can or cannot run at the same
> time as I run the game--assuming that was actually the problem?
>
>
Homer, try looking though this forum, see if this helps out at all.

http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5914&get=last

[Homer J. Simpson]

Well, this pretty much confirms what I was thinking.

What a user-friendly piece of software. Oh, wait--it provides me the added
benefit of preventing me from making my own backup. Terrific! Copy
protection software just keeps on giving, doesn't it?